This is a great day out from Vienna, and easily accessible by metro. We bought tickets online and these worked well. However, we bought the Classic Pass which wasn't worth the (admittedly small) extra cost on top of the Grand Tour ticket - the privy gardens were nowhere near as pretty or well-maintained as the main gardens (which are free to enter), the orangery is only a small section of empty glasshouse (you can get into the orangery gardens for free), the maze is, well, a maze, so great if you like that sort of thing but not for me, and the Gloriette is free to access, with the Classic Pass only giving you additional entry to the very top terrace (the views are almost as good from the lower section).

Beautiful gardens to wander around. Stunning views over Vienna. A real must-see if visiting the city. We didn’t go inside as were short on time but the gardens alone made it worth the visit.

A really excellent day out worth every penny, or cent. You need to decide in advance what you want to see, and how much time you have. The price varies greatly depending on your ticket. I would recommend the Classic for a five hour visit, the Palace takes almost 2 hours alone. There is an audio guide but I strongly recommend reading up on Maria Theresa and Fraz Joseph before you go if you are not familiar with Austrian Habsburg history. The audio description is very brief. The gardens are excellent, do ensure you see the Obelisk Fountain as well as the Roman ruins. Surprisingly the cafe on the left hand side of the entrance square is fairly reasonable for Vienna and the food and coffee is good.

The outside of the palace and the groinds are beautiful. Few fountains to be found as you wander around. Even though the arrival area is really busy it didn't feel so busy as you walked around as the grounds are massive. Didn't have time to go inside so can't comment.

Had the opportunity to do a guided tour so I learnt a lot. Surprisingly, there are over 1,400 rooms but you only get to see about 25 of them- a little disappointing. But what you do see, is stunning. The grounds, as well, can occupy a lot of your time as you wander their boundaries. There are crowds- but, then, there will always be crowds at places like this.

I get so tired of paying rip-off prices to see a lot of the same types of things (palaces, castles, and cathedral, oh my!) over and over again. So in this case, we went to this palace for the sole purpose of seeing the outside grounds. Wow, it was spectacular! Spent so much time must exploring the property. We did the same thing with the Belvedere Palace, exploring the outside property only. Try to go to these places with nice or interesting weather to make for great photos.

We did the State Rooms tour. 6 or 7 rooms? Impressive décor but in and out of them in 30 minutes - basically a Euro a minute! We probably spent more time in the shop. We then walked around the extensive grounds for an hour, a pleasant wander but nothing special beyond for the grandiose scale. Also, the palace is located in the suburbs, of Vienna - there was no easy way of getting there from/to our hotel except via quite expensive Taxi's

Prepare to do a LOT of walking, just the front courtyard is huge. We bought our Grand Tour tickets on line, so we walked right past the ticket office - there are no direction signs - across the courtyard to the left side of the Palace.to the door labeled Palace entrance. Ticket bar codes are scanned in, we were able to enter 12 minutes before the entry time. Audio guides were handed out quickly, the info given was short and sweet. It took us 45 minutes to walk through all the display rooms, some were visible only through a glass wall. We had a 4 pm entry time on a weekday, still there were large groups coming in, but it did not feel horribly crowded. Later we walked to the benches on the periphery of the enormous back gardens and rested. I was determined to visit the Gloriette about 1 km walk. Thinking a shortcut going directly uphill on the right side of the Neptune water feature would get me there faster was wrong, I ended up somewhere in the back park far further behind my intended structure. Just take the front winding path. The view from the Gloriette is absolutely stunning, it is free to walk around it as the main gardens are free to stroll through. The paths leading uphill are very uneven, filled with gravel and sandy soil, we ended up with our shoes and bottom of pants completely covered by the white dust.

We took a tour with a group of about 17 and had a wonderful guide, Maya take us through countless rooms, explaining fascinating details of the rooms, people, especially Maria Theresa, and the artwork. The grounds surrounding the palace are very extensive and free to enter and hike around. There is also a zoo!

This place is pretty stunning. The damn Habsburgs, they’ve been chasing us all over the region, from Bratislava to Budapest and even all the way to Ljubljana. This was definitely one of their best and largest palaces. Worth a stop on any first visit to Vienna, this was a few hours of proper wandering. The tour inside the palace itself is not too long and definitely made better by the audio guide or you will miss a lot of detail. We easily spent as much time in the garden and on the grounds as we did in the castle. Ending with a coffee and dessert at Café Gloriette on the hill overlooking the palace was a nice treat as well. An unfortunately gloomy day, but still very enjoyable.